Florida St. takes firm hold of 2nd in BCS standings; ND drops out of top 25

Associated Press

Posted on Nov. 10, 2013 at 12:00 a.m.

Florida State took firm hold of second place in the BCS standings behind top-ranked Alabama and grabbed the inside track to the national championship game.

The Seminoles were in second last week, but seemed likely to get passed by Oregon if the Ducks could have remained unbeaten. Stanford, however, handed Oregon its first loss of the season on Thursday and Florida State benefited.

The Seminoles (.9619) are a solid second in the USA Today coaches’ poll and Harris poll, and second in the computer rankings that make up the final third of a BCS average.

Ohio State (.8926) is third in the polls but fourth in the computers. The Buckeyes are closer to fourth-place Stanford (.8689) than Florida State.

Unbeaten Baylor (.8618) is fifth, not far behind the Cardinal.

Notre Dame dropped out of the top 25 after its loss to Pittsburgh on Saturday night. The Irish were ranked 23rd in last week’s standings.